Germany: Hackers Attack Computers in the Lower House of Parliament

Hackers have launched an attack on the computer system of the Bundestag, the lower house of the German Parliament, a parliamentary spokesman said Friday. The spokesman, Ernst Hebeker, said that the origin and dimensions of the attack were not yet known, and that administrators in the Bundestag had spotted the first indications of a cyberattack a few days earlier. Warnings of a disruption went out to at least some lawmakers on Friday morning, when many were absent because of the Ascension holiday weekend. The attack followed an assault in January on the websites of some government offices, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office. Responsibility for those attacks was claimed by a Russian hacker group that said it opposed German support for the government of Ukraine.

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